Politics - 15 September 2007

Admiral Fallon is the General's superior officer through CENTCOM!

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39235


Read it yourself.

2007-09-15 10:25:50 · 15 answers · asked by Kelly B 4

or are you so far to the right or left that you simply can't see anything beyond tunnel vision?

I saw this on a friends blog and it cracked me up. This is pretty much how I see BOTH sides when it comes to our representation up on the hill.

http://blogs.indystar.com/varvelblog/archives/2007/09/petraeus_hearin.html

2007-09-15 10:24:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Greetings: folks, i thought it's a good time to take a break from X vs Y type of questions that makes us throwing punches at each other and exercise hard! And work on some simple & practical issues. OK , Wars, hunger , Aids, poverty, Immoderate financial and social gap between people, Global Warming( let's assume it's real), danger of a nuclear disaster( WW III or a power plant accident), i think we have our hands full. OK you are part of a team consists of many scientist, Economist etc, from all over the globe, and your job is to help this team come up with some resolutions for any or all of the above issues. What would be your ideas or solutions? All of you are welcome to participate, and i humbly ask you to respect the following points:
1- Let's leave our political party, religions our favorite PRES. or Rock group etc out of this.
2- Let's be polite, respectful, no harsh comments, and no "THUMB DOWN" please.
Well that's about it let's get to work and good luck to us all.

2007-09-15 10:24:13 · 14 answers · asked by ? 5

"My biggest frustration remained the president's unwillingness to wield his veto against out-of-control spending," Greenspan wrote.

Bush took office in 2001, the last time the government produced a budget surplus. Every year after that, the government has been in the red. In 2004, the deficit swelled to a record $413 billion.

"The Republicans in Congress lost their way," Greenspan wrote. "They swapped principle for power. They ended up with neither. They deserved to lose."

And cons say dems are big spenders???????????

2007-09-15 10:20:34 · 9 answers · asked by Not so looney afterall 5

On online discussion boards, whenever someone says Bush is the worst US president ever, one of his very few remaining supporters says something like, "That's what they said about Abraham Lincoln."

Indeed, Lincoln went through a period of unpopularity, however there's a few key differences between him and Bush.

1. Lincoln's foreign policies didn't suck. Lincoln managed to maintain decent relations with other countries, unlike Bush who has turned most of the world against us.

2. Lincoln won his war in four years. Bush's war has passed the four year mark, with no end in sight. Even Bush has stated that the war will go past his presidency.

3. Lincoln tried to avoid his war. He waited until the other side threw the first punch at Ft. Sumter. (I'm referring to Iraq BTW, NOT Afghanistan. )

4. Lincoln made it very clear he disapproved of the fact that he had to go to war, and several great anti-war quotes were made by him. Bush has had nothing but good to say about Iraq.

2007-09-15 10:18:51 · 12 answers · asked by ThatOneDude 3

Have any of you who support Socialized Healthcare in the U.S. actually stopped to think about what this will involve?

First of all, look at all of the problems we are having with any other such government controlled programs like Welfare and Social Security - Both in shambles.

Now do you honestly want the same people responsible for that mess to pick your doctors for you and tell you when you have to have a checkup?

Why are you willing to put your health and well-being into the hands of carreer politicians who essentially will be running the medical proffession and telling doctors what they can or cannot do?

Now what of the people who choose to remain independant fron Nationalized Healthcare? Have you stopped to think about how much insurance rates will soar.

It is estimated that there will be AT MINIMUM a 20% increase in Federal Income taxes to maitain this program. Do you realize how much 20% more will cost you per year?

2007-09-15 09:57:47 · 18 answers · asked by Voice of Liberty 5

Did you see this video of Bush announcing the invasion of Iraq. The part starting about 2:57 through about 3:20 is where he states the specific reason for the urgency of his action.

My follow up question is..given what has transpired since that speech, do you think the Iraq invasion should have happened? Do you think the occupation since then is justified? I am merely asking questions in hope of getting citizens to express themselves about this. I know that my mere asking a question that asks for thoughtful intellingent response is an affront to some, but I will risk it and ask anyway.

2007-09-15 09:55:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Everyone knows the KKK has always been affiliated with the southern Democrat party, but is Moveon.org another racist Democrat group ?

My aunt is involved in this , I know she means well,
be she can be confused and misled sometimes .

2007-09-15 09:51:38 · 31 answers · asked by Sin nombre 6

Who are they? What is their history? What do they own?

2007-09-15 09:51:23 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

please answer WHY

2007-09-15 09:44:58 · 9 answers · asked by !!!!!! 3

2007-09-15 09:40:17 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Interesting how the passage of only 4 years can play tricks on the mind.

2007-09-15 09:39:23 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

after they see what we have done for the iraqis?

2007-09-15 09:35:19 · 26 answers · asked by ron j 1

Read this and pass it to everyone you know, or you too can hit the snooze button and go back to sleep.


This is not very long, but very informative. You have to read the catalog of events in this brief piece. Then, ask yourself how anyone can take the position that all we have to do is bring our troops home from Iraq, sit back, reset the snooze alarm, go back to sleep, and no one will ever bother us again. In case you missed it, World War III began in November 1979... that alarm has been ringing for years



US Navy Captain Ouimette is the Executive Officer at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida. Here is a copy of the speech he gave last month. It is an accurate account of why we are in so much trouble today and why this action is so necessary.


AMERICA NEEDS TO WAKE UP!
That's what we think we heard on the 11th of September 2001 (When more than 3,000 Americans were killed -AD) and maybe it was, but I think it should have been "Get Out of Bed!" In fact, I think the alarm clock has been buzzing since 1979 and we have continued to hit the snooze button and roll over for a few more minutes of peaceful sleep since then.

It was a cool fall day in November 1979 in a country going through a religious and political upheaval when a group of Iranian students attacked and seized the American Embassy in Tehran. This seizure was an outright attack on American soil; it was an attack that held the world's most powerful country hostage and paralyzed a Presidency. The attack on this sovereign U. S. embassy set the stage for events to follow for the next 25 years.

America was still reeling from the aftermath of the Vietnam experience and had a serious threat from the Soviet Union, when then President Carter, had to do something. He chose to conduct a clandestine raid in the desert. The ill-fated mission ended in ruin, but stood as a symbol of Ame rica's inability to deal with terrorism.

America's military had been decimated and down sized/right sized since the end of the Vietnam War. A poorly trained, poorly equipped and poorly organized military was called on to execute a complex mission that was doomed from the start.

Shortly after the Tehran experience, Americans began to be kidnapped and killed throughout the Middle East. America could do little to protect her citizens living and working abroad. The attacks against US soil continued!

In April of 1983 a large vehicle packed with high explosives was driven into the US Embassy compound in Beirut. When it explodes, it kills 63 people. The alarm went off again and America hit the Snooze Button once more.




Then just six short months later in 1983 a large truck heavily laden with over 2500 pounds of TNT smashed through the main gate of the US Marine Corps headquarters in Beirut and 241 US servicemen are killed. America mourns her dead and hit the Snooze Button once more.




Two months later in December 1983, another truck loaded with explosives is driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait, and America continues her slumber.

The following year, in September 1984, another van was driven into the gate of the US Embassy in Beirut and America slept.

Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe. In April 1985 a bomb explodes in a restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid.

Then in August 1985 a Volkswagen loaded with explosives is driven into the main gate of the US Air Force Base at Rhein-Main, 22 are killed and the snooze alarm is buzzing louder and louder as US interests are continually attacked.

Fifty-nine days later in 1985< /U>, a cruise ship, the Achille Lauro is hijacked and we watched as an American in a wheelchair is singled out of the passenger list and executed.




The terrorists then shift their tactics to bombing civilian airliners when they bomb TWA Flight 840 in April of 1986 that killed 4 and the most tragic bombing, Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, killing 259.




Clinton treated these terrorist acts as crimes; in fact we are still trying to bring these people to trial. These are acts of war.





The wake up alarm is getting louder and louder.

The terrorists decide to bring the fight to America. In January 1993, two CIA agents are shot and killed as they enter CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.

The following month, February 1993, a group of terrorists are arrested after a rented van packed with explosives is driven into the underground parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City. Six people are killed and over 1000 are injured. Still, this is a crime and not an act of war? The Snooze alarm is depressed again.


Then in November 1995 a car bomb explodes at a US military complex in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia killing seven service men and women.

A few months later in June of 1996, another truck bomb explodes only 35 yards from the US military compound in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. It destroys the Khobar Towers, a US Air Force barracks, killing 19 and injuring over 500. The terrorists are getting braver and smarter as they see that America does not respond decisively.

They move to coordinate their attacks in a simultaneous attack on two US embassies in Keny a and Tanzania. These attacks were planned with precision. They kill 224. America responds with cruise missile attacks and goes back to sleep.

The USS Cole was docked in the port of Aden, Yemen for refueling on 12 October 2000, when a small craft pulled along side the ship and exploded killing 17 US Navy Sailors. Attacking a US War Ship is an act of war, but we sent the FBI to investigate the crime and went back to sleep.

And of course you know the events of 11 September 2001. Most Americans think this was the first attack against US soil or in America. How wrong they are. America has been under a constant attack since 1979 and we chose to hit the snooze alarm and roll over and go back to sleep!!!

In the news lately we have seen lots of finger pointing from every high official in government over what they knew and what they didn't know. But if you've read the papers and paid a little attention I think you can see exactly what they knew. You don't have to be in the FBI or CIA or on the National Security Council to see the pattern that has been developing since 1979.

I think we have been in a war for the past 25 years and it will continue until we as a people decide enough is enough! Ameri ca needs to "Get out of Bed" and act decisively now. America has been changed forever. We have to be ready to pay the price and make the sacrifice to ensure our way of life continues. We cannot afford to keep hitting the snooze button again and again and roll over and go back to sleep.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Yamamoto said "... it seems all we have done is awakened a sleeping giant." This is the message we need to disseminate to terrorists around the world.

This is not a political thing to be hashed over in an election year, this is an AMERICAN thing. This is about our Freedom and the Freedom of our children in years to come.




If you believe in this please forward it to as many people as you can-- especially to the young people and all those who dozed off in history class and who seem so quick to protest such a necessary military action. If you don't believe it, just delete it and go back to sleep

2007-09-15 09:30:46 · 10 answers · asked by xenypoo 7

Do they believe the rest of us
( Conservatives, Independents, Libertarians, etc. ) are not smart enough to recognize cowardly B.S. when we hear it?
Have they learned nothing from our experience with the "flower children" during the Vietnam war, and the " cut and run " advice they offered?
How many times must they repeat this sneaky retreat?

2007-09-15 09:28:39 · 34 answers · asked by nand 2

I know the buck stops here but the whole country was on board with it in '03 and now because it wasnt over in a week people are calling him a war criminal. He didnt send soldiers into iraq because he likes killing or he things war is fun, he acted on the information presented to him. If your not a lib who hates him regardless of anything, you gotta see that!!

2007-09-15 09:23:22 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Has Hillary Clinton infected the nurons in their brains?or perhaps not and we should just surrender to the Terrorist in Iraq,,,make friends,,lets look at both options,,,, so tell me what your nurons say?

2007-09-15 09:17:52 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-15 09:15:32 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

51 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Thousands of protesters gathered Saturday outside the White House to demand an end to the Iraq war as counter-protesters rallied to meet them on a planned march to the Capitol.

The rally, organized by the ANSWER Coalition and other groups, was expected to conclude with a march to the Capitol

About 13 blocks away, nearly 1,000 counter-protesters gathered near the Washington Monument, frequently erupting in chants of "U-S-A" and waving American flags.

Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., made a surprise visit to the counter-protest, which was organized by the group Gathering of Eagles. The group was created this year by veterans who wanted to challenge war protesters.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070915/ap_on_re_us/iraq_war_protest;_ylt=Au5IrORdt1sUZ0mNoxkRjlus0NUE

2007-09-15 09:01:49 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

does anyone doubt that whatever version of Islam we converted to, the leaders of the other kind would still try to hijack planes and fly them into our buildings?

Hate Bush all you want - - - - hey, hate America all you want - I think you're sick but even if you hate America, that STILL isn't a reason to fail to grasp that these people are just pure hateful, genocidal lunatics and nothing more!

2007-09-15 08:54:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

We once praised the Mujahideen and Taliban..until they turned their anger towards us.

Shouldn't we pause and think before we load SA up with 20 billion in weapons?

2007-09-15 08:46:18 · 9 answers · asked by Run Lola Run 4

Actually what I mean is, which verse from the Koran? The candidates are seemingly endless:

2:191, And slay them wherever ye catch them.

4:84, Then fight in Allah’s cause.

4:141, And never will Allah grant to the unbelievers a way (to triumph) over the believers.

5:33, The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the land: that is their disgrace in this world, and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter.

8:12, I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them.

2007-09-15 08:42:09 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/09/arrest-bush-not-rev/

2007-09-15 08:37:04 · 14 answers · asked by WORD UP G 1

2007-09-15 08:36:12 · 18 answers · asked by killa d 2

The New York Times, for the clear bias in its "news analysis" and its selection of which stories to cover and investigate (i.e., Hillary / Hsu gets virtually no investigation and the Times covered the story at all only because the WSJ covered it), or Y/A, which consistently suspends non-Leftists soon after they reach Level 3?

2007-09-15 08:35:19 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/09/resistance-in-the-ranks/

2007-09-15 08:35:08 · 4 answers · asked by WORD UP G 1

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/09/it-didn%e2%80%99t-start-with-iraq/

2007-09-15 08:33:58 · 5 answers · asked by WORD UP G 1

The answers will astonish you!

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Articles3/Jayne_Hitler-Bush.htm

2007-09-15 08:31:39 · 18 answers · asked by WORD UP G 1

Why do they want this nation to settle mediocrity?

Why don't they want this nation to be more advanced militarily and economically?

Why do they want countries such as communist China to surpass us as the world's superpower?

Is this all part of their anti-American socialist agenda?

Are liberals for America, or against America?

I'm not advocating that the U.S. should be an empire.

I'm saying that we should always maintain 1st place in front of other nations militarily, economically, etc.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

2007-09-15 08:26:27 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

They did not give the same treatment to other political organizations thus making it a soft money contribution should a press organiztion be above the law?

2007-09-15 08:18:49 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous